Brainstorm Ideas for Presenting This Work

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Students

  • S get more individual attention (KTeacher)
  • S become self-directed learners (3rd Grade Teacher)
  • The assignments are more meaningful (Art Teacher)
  • Student develop critical thinking skills (Elementary Principal)
  • Students become information literate (8th Grade Language Art Teacher)

Teachers

Ideas and Resources for teaching
  • "Stuff" and "ideas" (Kimmel 91)
  • improve units - both teaching and assessment (HS Student Teacher)
  • It seems common for Ts to go to the librarian for resources, but I have not seen Ts use the L as a planning partner - valuable but under-utilized benefit!

Collaborative Teaching Allows the L to support classroom learning in the library
  • library lessons connect back to classroom (Kimmel 92)
  • T and L use same vocabulary (8th Grade ELA teacher)

Professional Development
  • T and L collaboration helps teachers improve their craft (Principles Know)
  • Ts learn something new (7th Grade ELA teacher)
  • Fringe benefit - not always planned for, but maximizes time (PD in real-time; not another after school meeting) "job-embedded" (Moreillon 7)

Benefits More Ts than the one who was involved with collaboration (This might serve us better in Admin. since it talks about whole-school benefits)
  • L have a broader perspective of school and different experience than T (Kimmel 88)
  • L can make connections between grade levels (Kimmel 92)
  • EX.- integrate writing into art (HS Art Teacher)
  • Whole school can benefit from even just a few Ts collaborating with L.


Librarians


Partnership
  • Role as instructional partner helps Ts consider L a peer (Moreillon and Ballard 7)
  • Learn from Ts and Ss (AASL 20)
  • Professional growth through "coteaching and coassessment of student learning" (Moreillon 8)

Leadership
  • Build global perspective of school ; impacts achievement more than anyone else(Elementary Principal)
  • These roles will establish L as an instructional leader in the school (Moreillon and Ballard 6)

Administrators


Global Perspective
  • Curriculum design and assessment (Church 2008) Principal knows best vid
  • Shared goals: student centered, data driven instruction (Church 2008)
  • Part of leadership team, helps make decisions
  • McGregor Article


Provides Staff Development
  • effective Web searching, use of databases (to students, parents and staff), intellectual property, copyright (Church 2008)


Culture of the School
  • Administrators describe librarians as "inviting" "welcoming", the library is fun and exciting and children love going there(Church 2008) rich culture that is inviting and filled with new learning opportunities (Senequa Cole, Principal Knows Best)
  • Every stakeholder is invested in the school